Downtown-based firm's second could be double the size of its first

7:33 PM,
Mar. 21, 2013

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Northcreek Mezzanine, the Downtown-based small business lending firm, is preparing to start raising money for its second fund, which could be double the size of its first.

The new fund is expected to close between $75 million and $150 million, money that will help certain small businesses buy equipment, expand or make acquisitions.

The second fund is a validation of sorts for co-founders and managing partners K. Rodger Davis and Barry Peterson, whose firm almost didn't get off the ground thanks to 2008's financial panic and gun-shy investors. ...